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Artist StatementMy work is a fusion of my
own quixotic pursuits and the disenchantment I have encountered along the way.
However, it is also about the encouragement I have received, in the most
unlikely places. In my series of multi-media images I examine characters that
embody the discouraging reality of the American dream in two ways. One, they
represent a member of society that more often than not, may be overlooked
because we find some element of their situation to be grotesque, dismaying or
even possibly, simply average. Two, I base them on long-forgotten film stars
that might have achieved their ideal moment that was just that, a moment.

With my work I hope to invite others to examine in more detail what a
complacent diner cook, a deformed child or a conflicted priest might experience
day in and day out. I invite the viewer to discover a hero and an inspiration
in a very unlikely place.